Moonrise of Saturday 8 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
20:55 moonrise
19:4320:0720:3120:5521:1921:4322:07
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1906
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 489 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Saturday 8 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Sunday 9 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Sat 8 Sep to 13:15 on Sun 9 Sep.
1906-09-08T03:04:13Z → 1906-09-09T05:15:27Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:55 on the 8th and 21:25 on the 9th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 8th and is not on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29353 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 1906: Saturday 8 September.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1906 falls on Saturday 8 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Sat 8 Sep to 13:15 on Sun 9 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 6 Candra sasthi (Sasthi current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Moonrise 8th | Covered | Moonrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:04 → 21:15 | 21:51 | no | 22:29 | no | 7 Sep |
| Chicago | 21:04 → 23:15 | 21:32 | holds | 22:07 | no | 8 Sep |
| Jersey City | 22:04 → 00:15 | 21:39 | holds | 22:14 | no | 8 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:04 → 01:15 | 22:28 | holds | 23:11 | no | 8 Sep |
| London | 03:04 → 05:15 | 21:13 | holds | 21:42 | no | 8 Sep |
| Durban | 05:04 → 07:15 | 22:51 | holds | 23:44 | no | 8 Sep |
| Dubai | 06:45 → 08:56 | 21:53 | holds | 22:32 | no | 8 Sep |
| Delhi | 08:34 → 10:45 | 22:07 | holds | 22:45 | no | 8 Sep |
| Kolkata | 08:34 → 10:45 | 21:29 | holds | 22:08 | no | 8 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:04 → 12:15 | 22:16 | holds | 23:01 | no | 8 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:04 → 15:15 | 22:38 | holds | 23:33 | no | 8 Sep |
| Suva | 14:59 → 17:10 | 22:22 | holds | 23:11 | no | 8 Sep |